Assange and Citizenry

In the past two years or so, the name ‘Julian Assange’ has become one of the most admired and infamous at the same time.

Through his organisation WikiLeaks the purposeful leaks of governments and politically related institutions aims to promote greater transparency in these institutions.

As a consequence of the largest leak of cables (approximately 250,000 or so) became known as “Cablegate” and voila! It was publicly revealed in the midst of this leak that Assange was accused of rape charges against two women.

A distinct argument surrounding the matter is that the charges are politically motivated due to the time that they were revealed and the fact that the women are practically invisible.

While Assange goes through the British Court System, while under House Arrest there has been little debate over whether or not Australia is doing enough in terms of Assange being an Australian citizen.

As I have mentioned before, and I ask you all to give this some thought; what is a nation to do when a citizen should be helped, even though that said nation was implicated in the cables and could affect their diplomacy worldwide?